NSW Senior Counsel Appointments
Prior to 1993 silks were referred to as QC or KC (KC from 1901-1952) depending on the reigning sovereign - they commenced being referred to as SC on and from 1993. Please note that formal titles and/or post nominals that may have been held by an individual on their appointment as a silk have been omitted.
Note: An individual is not listed here if it is know he/she was appointed silk in another jurisdiction prior to taking silk status in NSW where this is known.
| Name | Date of appointment | External links |
| Robson, Jonathon Ernest | 29 September 2004 | |
| Hamill, Peter John David | 29 September 2004 | |
| Angyal, Robert Stephen | 29 September 2004 | |
| Whitford, Peter Raymond | 29 September 2004 | |
| Dubler, Robert Edward | 29 September 2004 | |
| Haesler, Andrew Carl | 29 September 2004 | |
| McCulloch, Mark Thomas | 29 September 2004 | |
| Needham, Jane Annabel Darling | 29 September 2004 | |
| White, Simon Thomas | 29 September 2004 | |
| Durack, John Philip Arnott | 29 September 2004 | |
| Speakman, Mark Raymond | 29 September 2004 | |
| Cowan, David | 28 September 2005 | |
| Arnott, David Ulric | 28 September 2005 | |
| Maiden, Peter George | 28 September 2005 | |
| Kalfas, Simon Demetrius | 28 September 2005 | |
| Blackburn-Hart, Paul Hampden | 28 September 2005 | |
| Harris, Christopher Mark | 28 September 2005 | |
| Lakatos, Paul Ivan | 28 September 2005 | |
| Young, Philip David | 28 September 2005 | |
| Ellison, Lindsay James | 28 September 2005 | |
| Leggat, Craig James | 28 September 2005 | |
| Staehli, David Geoffrey | 28 September 2005 | |
| Button, Richard James | 28 September 2005 | |
| Parker, (Guy) Thomas Guy Radcliffe | 28 September 2005 | |
| Gleeson, Fabian | 28 September 2005 | |
| Strickland, Philip Mark | 28 September 2005 | |
| McCallum, Lucy | 28 September 2005 | |
| Cobden, Richard | 28 September 2005 | |
| King, Michael John | 3 October 2006 | |
| Lidden, Andrew James | 3 October 2006 | |
| Simpson, Christopher Michael | 3 October 2006 | |
| Dalton, David Garrett | 3 October 2006 | |
| Wilkins, Elizabeth Ann | 3 October 2006 | |
| Flannery, Leonie | 3 October 2006 | |
| Neil, Ian Malcolm | 3 October 2006 | |
| Bellew, Geoffrey John | 3 October 2006 | |
| Nell, Gregory John | 3 October 2006 | |
| Beech-Jones, Robert Thomas | 3 October 2006 | |
| Howard, Katrina Jane | 3 October 2006 | |
| Galasso, Adrian Erminio | 3 October 2006 | |
| Perram, Nye | 3 October 2006 | |
| Hamilton, Roger Lyne | 3 October 2006 | |
| Bell, Andrew Scott | 3 October 2006 | |
| McHugh, Richard Goffet | 3 October 2006 | |
| Leeming, Mark James | 3 October 2006 | |
| Tomasetti, Peter Charles | 4 October 2007 | |
| Barnett, Peter James | 4 October 2007 | |
| Ellis, Graham Paul | 4 October 2007 | |
| Dooley, Brian Daniel | 4 October 2007 | |
| Roser, Wayne Glendon | 4 October 2007 |
Note for interest
William Charles Wentworth, admitted in 1824 with Robert Wardell as foundation barristers in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, was accorded the distinction of wearing a silk gown in February 1835 - the first in private practice to be so recognised (Sydney Gazette, 12 February 1835). That was a 'patent of precedence' but did not entitle him to use the term 'King's Counsel'. Senior law officers customarily wore silk gowns in court in the early decades of the Supreme Court.
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